Automatically aerated minnow bucket



July 9, 1935.

AUTOMATICALLY AERATED MINNOWBUCKET Original Filed July 30, 1932 1WW w aI-f w INVENTOR:

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2,007,326 AUTOMATICALLY AERATED MINNOW BUCKET Purva V. Carpenter,Dallas, N. 0.

Application July so, 1932, Serial No. 626,826 Renewed May 13, 1935 2Claims. (Cl. 43-56) The invention relates to means for. preserving in aplane with thebottom of the hell or extendminnows for fishermen while onlong trips by ing therebelow, while the top of the flue stops a .motoron land, or by motor boat. It aims to short distance above the bottomand below the present a novel device for containing minnows normal rangeof the water level in the bell when 5 arranged to be maintained inthoroughly aerated quiescent. 5

condition without the need for hand pumps, The upper end of the tube 38is enlarged to recompressed oxygen cylinders or the like, but by ceiveremovable tubular P 49 o Which there utilizing a simple connection tothe inlet maniis fitted a goose-neck P p 4| forming t continuefold ofthe motor of the vehicle or boat on which tion of t e u 38 whiletheenlsrselhent s the minnows are being transported, Y tinned thereabovein the form of a funnel 42'. A 1

Itis a special aim to present a, simple c nstr rib 43 may be formed onthe bucket to indicate a tion of this order novel and adapted to readyuse ormal w ter v wh h may be m n by inexperienced persons, which willoperate efliquarter to one-third the height of the bell 35 ciently forthe ends in view. 1 above the bottom thereof when the lid is in place.

It is a purpose to present the appliance in such n h use Of the lastdescribed form of the 15 form that it may readily be connected tovarious vice. the u k t being p op y fi d a d t motors, of automobilesand boats without difliws n o u d. the lid is pu i p ac as l sculty.Another object is to arrange the device so trated, and the hose l6connected by a suitable that it may be quickly opened and closed forrefitting with the a f of all internal 2 moval of bait, as required. I

Additional objects, advantages and features of s -n ck I being n pinvention reside in the construction, arrange- Air is exhausted from thebell partly, P rmi mentand combination of parts involved in' the i m p iPr s acting on the Surface embodiment of the invention as will be uderbetween the bell and bucket wall to force the stood more fully fromthe following description w f pw y Wi hin h bell- W the Water 25 andaccompanying drawing,. in hi h, around the bell in the bucket reaches alevel The figure is a sectional view of a bucket conr the bottom 1 thebell. w be drawn structed in accordance with my invention. in thr u h ttub 38, ub in pwa d from There is illustrated a universal lid 3| whichth nd t r f thr ugh th dy f wa 44 bustion motor, or other air exhaustingmeans, the 2 may be placed on buckets of various kinds, with- Within thebell. This causes an upward current out requiring a watertight fitbetween the lid and of water from below the bell through the flue 39,the bucket. In this instance, the bucket 33 is the'wat r pass n la ra yr th l within a simple receptacle of any desired manufacture the belland thence downward into the water suitable t carry minnow bait. The lidhas it within the bucket. thus causi a t r u 85 central domed part 32(although this is not 65- culation of the whole body of water in thebuck- 35 sential) and is adapted to be set loosely on the ct, anddistribution of the aerated water throughupper edge or the receptacle towhich it may be out the bucket. It is desirable to make the flue 39fitted frictionally or centered if desired by means a i e s c t for ow omove about of a flange 34 engaging the upper edge portion of therein. sotha th y ay ai a ss t th train I 40 the wall or the bucket. The lid isfitted'with a of ub les risin fr m th tu 3 h bucket 40 barometricchamber or bell 35, which extends a 33 may be provided with a ball 45,if desired. 1 distance downwardly within the bucket and is Theconstruction or the article may be modified spaced from the wall of thebucket a suflicient in various ways Within he scope of the i i distanceso that the content of the bucket above will e app rent. Wi p r i r m hthe plane of the bottom of the bell is substanspi i o he inv n i andvarious materials 45 tially less than the content of the bell. A hose""ployedappropriately tor the several parts.

It is connected to a central outlet 36 at the top I claim:

of the bell, anda screen 31 is extended across the 1. In a device of thecharacter described, a bell closely below the outlet 36. An inlet tubereceptacle, alid therefor, abarometricbell on the 60 38 isextended'through the lid 32 between the lid extending downwardly in thereceptacle, an air bell and the flange 34, and then inwardly throughexhausting connection with the top of the bell, the wall of the bellnear the bottom of the latand an inlet tube from the atmosphere openingter, projecting only slightly within the bell. Exwithin the bell nearits lower part. tending from the wall of the bell horizontally on 2. Ina device as set forth in claim 1 a flue eleone side of the discharge endof the tube 38 inment formed within the bell extending upwardly 55wardly and recurved horizontally to Join the wall over the discharge endof he inl t be. an pat the opposite side of the tube, there is a flueping short of the normal range of water level in piece or wall 39 in theform of a sheet attached the bell at its upper end.

' at its ends to the wall oi. the bell so as to form a line open at topand-bottom, its bottom being PURVA V. CARPENTER. so

